Montmorency

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,131 people were counted in Montmorency: of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Montmorency there were 1,628 children aged 0-14 years and 1,543 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Montmorency, 7,592 people were Australian citizens, 1,016 were born overseas and 24 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Montmorency, 52.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.2% were separated or divorced, 4.4% were widowed and 33.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Montmorency, 83.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Montmorency were England 4.0%, New Zealand 1.0%, Italy 1.0%, Scotland 0.7% and Germany 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Montmorency on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 30.1%, No Religion 22.0%, Anglican 16.0%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Montmorency, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.5%, Greek 0.5%, German 0.4%, Polish 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,550 people aged 15 years and over in Montmorency were in the labour force. Of these 60.6% worked full-time, 32.1% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.5% were unemployed. 1,831 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Montmorency, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 14.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.1%, Associate Professionals 8.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.9%, Managers and Administrators 4.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.2%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.2% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Montmorency, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.3%, Education 7.0%, Health Services 5.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.4% and Construction Trade Services 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Montmorency, 2,295 families were counted: of these, 33.1% were couple families without children, 49.6% were couple families with children, 16.3% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Montmorency, 3,047 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Montmorency, 87.3% were separate houses, 9.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Montmorency, 44.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 37.4% were being purchased and 14.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Montmorency, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 59.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 5.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 34.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Montmorency, 74.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.